Chapter 1
He's been living in this darkness for how many years. Was it a year? Ten? Or a hundred? He doesn't know. He lost count already until he woke up in the middle of the night, dreaming of her smiling at him.
His heart thumped so fast that he felt alive once again. A silent hope emerged to his chest. Is she alive? But how? It was impossible. She was human after all. Guilt engulfed his heart. If only… if only he was there at that time. Tears fell from his amber eyes.
Her death came as a shock to him, choking him slowly, harshly, painfully. He wanted to die but he knew she would not be happy. He stared at the mirror and he thought he saw her smiling at him. If this is a nightmare, he will welcome it gladly.
An image of her coughing blood ruined his thoughts again, pulling him down to unimaginable depths. The image of her lovely large purple eyes being drained by death will forever hunt his mind and his heart. He wanted to scream.
A soft knock interrupted his thoughts and a voice was clearly heard, "Master, Lord Ishida is outside, he said that there is something important that he wanted to tell you."
"Tell him to go away." Ichigo replied, not in the mood to talk to anyone since the past years.
The butler gulped, "He said it has something to do with Ms. Rukia."
Ichigo lifted his head, "Tell him if he wants to die, I could do it gladly without saying her name."
"So you're still sulking here Ichigo?" a man's voice interrupted.
"Ishida." Ichigo murmured.
"I guess I'll just say it, then maybe you will go outside of this damned palace, I saw Rukia yesterday."
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